Written questions
702 written questions tabled, most recent first.
18 May 2022 · Home Office
Rape: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the findings of Operation Soteria will be published.
18 May 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Probation Officers: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) number and (b) cost of agency staff working in the Probation Service was in the most recent period for which data is available.
12 May 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Reoffenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the national re-offending rates of prison leavers were by those that have re-offended after (a) two, (b) five, and (c) nine years of release in the period since 2010.
12 May 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Proceedings: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to oral evidence provided by officials in his Department to the Public Accounts Committee on 2 February 2022 relating to its inquiry on Improving outcomes for women in the criminal justice system,
31 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Pre-sentence Reports
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of pre-sentence reports are completed on the day at court.
31 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Crown Court: Pre-sentence Reports
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of cases before the Crown Court are sentenced without a pre-sentence report.
31 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Magistrates' Courts: Pre-sentence Reports
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of cases before magistrates’ courts are sentenced without a pre-sentence report.
31 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Probation Service: Surveys
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the results of the most recent survey of probation staff as carried out by the Annual Civil Service People Survey.
31 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Victim Support Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases are held under the victim contact scheme.
31 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Probation Officers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Victim Liaison Officers are employed by the HM Prison and Probation Service.
31 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisons have resumed family days following the covid-19 outbreak.
31 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Offender Assessment System
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the usefulness of assessments made under the Offender Assessment System in probation.
31 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Probation Officers: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to introduce additional clinical supervision for probation officers.
31 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Dictionaries
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners (a) requested and (b) received a requested dictionary in the last 12 months; and what the rules are for the provision of dictionaries for prisoners.
31 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prisoners: Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prisoners received end of life care in the last year.
31 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in the adult estate are under 21 years of age.
31 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the prison population that will be aged 18-21 in each of the next five years.
31 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a breakdown by age group of all prisoners in England and Wales.
30 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual cost to the public purse was of sentences of less than and up to 12 months in each year since 2010.
29 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Alternatives to Prison
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of adults who were remanded in custody pending sentencing received a non custodial sentence, in the most recent year for which data is available.
28 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on legal aid for domestic abuse victims in each of the last 10 years; how many domestic abuse victims have been denied access to legal aid in each year since means testing was introduced;
28 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Probation Officers: Termination of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation officers have left their role by the lowest possible geographical level in each month of the last three years.
28 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question 129213 on Courts, how many court rooms have been in use on average in each court in England and Wales in each month of last five years.
25 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Literacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of prisoners entering prison without qualifications who leave with improved literacy in the last five years.
25 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Publications
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prisons prevent or restrict friends and family of prisoners sending them books and magazines from (a) Amazon and (b) other sellers.
25 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisons have resumed family days following the covid-19 outbreak.
25 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Video Conferencing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what amount of entitlement to free video calls prisoners receive; and how that amount was decided.
25 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Probation Officers: Career Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on average how many years experience senior probation officers have prior to their appointment.
25 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Offender Assessment System
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Offender Assessment System (OASys) in probation.
25 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Probation Officers: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has for the provision of clinical supervision to probation officers.
Source: official written-questions record.